April 27 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday moved to block the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey in response to the detainment of an American pastor charged for terrorism in the country.
Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., introduced the bill, which also seeks to revoke the Turkish government from having its country be a maintenance depot for the fighter jet.